Once in danger of being known just as Sienna Miller’s bloke, the actor Tom Sturridge has finally arrived, as Henry VI in a new TV blockbuster. So why is he homeless, asks Bryan Appleyard

Tom Sturridge has a dual public identity — as an actor, a very serious one,
and as Sienna Miller’s former boyfriend. The acting is going well, thanks to
his appearance in the West End last year with Damian Lewis and John Goodman
in American Buffalo and now to his appearance as Henry VI in The Hollow
Crown. This is the second instalment of the BBC’s blockbuster adaptation of
Shakespeare’s history plays and will begin on Saturday on BBC2. Sturridge
the actor is starting to be considered superb, potentially one of our best.

During the four years he was with Miller their every move was papped, printed,
webbed and broadcast. They had a daughter, Marlowe, in 2012. Since they
broke up last year there have been stories about them reuniting, but
Sturridge is not going to confirm or deny any of this: “I feel I am being
led into a conversation about